How long does abdominal breathing practice every day?
Don't be too hasty in practicing abdominal breathing. It's best to take it slowly. It's very important to do it step by step. If you force yourself to do abdominal breathing intensity that is unacceptable to your body, it's useless to your body.
People who have just started practicing abdominal breathing can limit themselves to using abdominal breathing for 5 minutes every morning, noon and evening, and then gradually extend the time.
What are the benefits of practicing abdominal breathing every day?
1: increase vital capacity
Abdominal breathing can expand the chest to the maximum extent, make the alveoli in the lower part of the lung expand and contract, let more oxygen enter the lung, strengthen the respiratory function, improve the vital capacity, improve the cardiopulmonary function, and reduce cardiopulmonary diseases, such as coronary heart disease and bronchitis.
2. Reduce lung infection
Abdominal breathing can improve cardiopulmonary function, which is very helpful for the rehabilitation of pulmonary ventilation disorders such as emphysema in the elderly, and can also reduce the probability of pulmonary infection, especially pneumonia.
3. Promote gastrointestinal peristalsis
Due to the regular increase or decrease of abdominal pressure during abdominal breathing, the activities of abdominal internal organs are strengthened, thus improving the blood circulation of the digestive tract, promoting the digestion and absorption function of the digestive tract, promoting intestinal peristalsis, preventing constipation, accelerating the discharge of toxins and reducing the growth of bacteria in the stomach. In addition, it is also effective in preventing colon cancer and hemorrhoids.
4. Conducive to the circulation of qi
There are a large number of meridians in the abdomen, and there are dozens of acupoints in the whole body, especially Shenque, which maintains the growth of the fetus, that is, our navel. Therefore, strengthening abdominal breathing can promote the circulation of abdominal meridians, which is conducive to the operation of human meridians, thus contributing to the life activities of the whole body.
Step 5 lose weight
Abdominal breathing is helpful to gastrointestinal peristalsis and can promote the discharge of waste in the body. If you insist on abdominal breathing every day, it will help to eliminate abdominal fat, eliminate abdominal waste and improve abdominal blood circulation, thus achieving the effect of losing weight. You can also relax the lines of the chest, shoulders and neck to make the upper body lines more beautiful.
6. Improve gynecological and andrology diseases.
Abdominal breathing can improve the blood supply of reproductive system in abdominal cavity by increasing abdominal movement, and it has certain effect on treating inflammation of ovary, uterus and appendix. It also has a certain effect on male prostatic hypertrophy.
7. Confuse and soothe nerves
When we do abdominal breathing, it will be of great benefit to soothe our nerves and improve our intelligence if we stay in the abdomen with our intention. Just when breathing, take a deep breath, stay in Xiadantian (3 inches below our navel) for a while through thoughts, and then stand still for a few seconds or think of a beautiful thing. This is called "single-minded thinking" and then exhaling, which is very good for regulating the excitement or depression of the brain, nourishing the heart and calming the nerves.
8. Improve the function of abdominal organs.
Abdominal breathing can improve the function of abdominal organs, it can improve the function of spleen and stomach, which is conducive to soothing the liver and promoting bile secretion. Moreover, abdominal breathing can reduce blood pressure by reducing abdominal pressure, which is very beneficial to patients with hypertension.
9. Promote blood circulation
When doing abdominal breathing, the body will produce a prostaglandin substance, which can eliminate active nutrition and dilate blood vessels. When you do abdominal breathing and move the diaphragm, it will penetrate into blood vessels and lymphatic vessels from cells, expel toxins from active nutrients and promote blood circulation.
How long is abdominal breathing effective?
There is no doubt that abdominal breathing can lose weight. But how long does abdominal breathing last? This is generally different according to personal circumstances.
Being overweight is obesity, and being obese all over. It will take at least a month to take effect. But if you are locally obese, one month won't have much effect, at least two to three months. The key to losing weight is persistence and gradual progress.